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Latin spelling of Αθηνα (Athena), the name of the Greek goddess of wisdom of uncertain meaning [1] [2] [3]
Some theories (although the name is almost certainly of pre-Greek origin [2]) are:
1. Greek a thuntos = 'immortal' [2]
2. Greek a tithene = 'not nursed (by a mother)' [2]
3. Greek αθηρ αινη (ather aine) = 'sharp praise' [4]
Atena | ♀ |
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Athena | ♀ |
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Athene | ♀ |
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Athina | ♀ |
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Aþena | ♀ |
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For male forms see Athen
Athenuson |
Athenudóttir |
- Danish | |
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Nominative: | Athena |
Genitive: | Athenas |
- Finnish | |
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Nominative: | Athena |
Genitive: | Athenan |
Partitive: | Athenaa |
- Icelandic | |
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Nominative: | Athena |
Accusative: | Athenu |
Dative: | Athenu |
Genitive: | Athenu |
- Norwegian | |
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Nominative: | Athena |
Genitive: | Athenas |
- Swedish | |
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Nominative: | Athena |
Genitive: | Athenas |
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Sweden[7] |
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321 | 680 | 321 | 676 | 0 | 4 |
Denmark[8] |
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269 | n.a. |
269 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Finland[9] |
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n.a. |
78 | n.a. |
78 | 0 | 0 |
Iceland[10] |
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22 | 29 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[11] |
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6 | 9 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[12] |
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127 | n.a. |
127 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only | |||||||
&: count of both main and additional first names | |||||||
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |